Bottle



B. R. BBNNER. BOTTLE.

No 545,147 Patented Aug. 27, 1895.

fx1-TY UNITED STATES PATENT BUBNHAM R. BENNER, or LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,147, dated August 27, v1895. 4 Application filed Maf 18th. Serial No. 543,117- (To model.)

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, BURNHAM R. BENNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in nthefcounty of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bottles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to bottles or like vessels of that class having a device or apparatus pecially desirable in the sick-room for the sake of cleanliness and also to avoid danger of injury tothe nurse or operator from poisonous medicines, and also by means of -which device substantially the entire'contents maybe Withdrawn from the bottle.

In accordance with this invention the stopper or cork of the bottle is provided with a suitable hole through which extends a tube, preferably of glass, having communicating with it a chamber located outside of the cork, the said chamber being provided with a nip- .ple having a capillary opening, for a purpose as will be described. The nipple and the walls of the chamber referred to will preferably be made of glass in one piece with the tube, which, for the best results, projects a substantially short distance below the cork or stopper into the neck of the bottle and terminates above the liquid and preferably within the neck of the bottle, so that substantially all of they contents of the bottlefnay bf." withdrawn.

These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 represents abottle embodying this invention in its normallyelevated position. Fig.2 represents the bottle shown in liig.v 1 as inverted and shows a sufficient portion of a hand to enable the operation of withdrawing a predetermined quantity of liquid contents to be understood, and Fig. 3 represents in elevation the stopper or cork with its attached measuring device in the normally-elevated. position ready to discharge the predetermined quantity of the liquid. vThe bottle o., of glass or other suitable maA `terial and of any desired si`ze, is provided with the usual cork or stopper d', which, in accordance with this invention, is provided with a suitable hole or opening extended throLjhSS it, and into and through which hole or opening is inserted a tube b, preferably of glass, having an enlarged portion or bulb b above the stopper to form a chamber h2, which communicates with the bottle a through thetube b. 7o

The bulb b is provided with an air-inlet opening, which, in accordance with this irivention, is made as a line or capillary opening or passage b3, extended through a nipple b4, attached to the bulb b. The bulb h and the tube h may be made of any desired or required size or capacity to hold a predetermined quantity or amount of the liquid yb5 contained in the bottle, which liquid may and is supposed tobe medicine. Normally the bottle ct stands upright in the position shown in Fig. 1, but when it is desired to administer a dose of medicine to a patient, the nurse or other operator places'a finger over the nipple b4 and inverts the bottle substantially into the position represented in Fig. 2.

When the bottle o. is inverted with the finger on the capillary opening or nipple b3,

the medicine b5 flows through the tube b into the chamber b2 and fills the same, forcing the contained air back into the bottle; but the air in the capillary opening or nipple is not forced out, but remains to form a bubble, which acts as a buder or cushion between the liquid in the chamber and the finger of the nurse or operator, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3 by the blank space in the capillary open-. ing. The effect of this is threefold, insuring cleanliness of the operator, preserving the medicine or other liquid from contamination, and preventing possible inj uryto this nurse or other operator when administering medicine of a poisonous nature, thereby insuring safety to the nurse inthe performance of her or his duty, which results-are exceed ingly desirable with an apparatus ot' this character. The measuring device has now been lilled and may be emptiedinto a tumbler or other suitable receptacle or permitted to run directly into the mouth of the patient by removing the cork a from the bottle while still holding the finger on the nipple, as represented in Fig. 3, and when the cork and the measuring device carried thereby have been removed into the proper or desired position for discharging its contents the finger is reioved from the nipple and air admitted into L.ieeapiliary opening,which permits the medicine to flow by gravity into the tumbler or other receptacle. The measuring device herein shown may be and the said device insures the proper-or pre'- lscribed quantity of medicine being adminisl' The measuring device, J

tered to the patient.

i., by reason of the nipple, also possesses the v .sary that the tube -b additional, and to me incidental, function of being used to administer the medicinein drops, and when it is desired to use the de-A pers, in which the contents of the bottle are withdrawn by the insertion of a tube into the bottle and then withdrawing the tube from the bottle; but, on the other hand, it is desira'ole that the tube b should be made short,

supposed to hold an; amount of medicine equal to a teaspoonful, l

and, forv the best results, the end of the tube may be substantially iiush with the bottom et the cork, and it'may even be made of such length that it will not project through the tirely emptied of its contents lthrough the said tube.

I claimyl. The combination with a bottle provided with a cork or stopper having an opening extended through it, of a measuring device carried by the stopper or cork and consisting ot' a tube inserted in said opening and terminating above the body portion ot` the bottle so as to permit substantially the entire contents ot' the bottle to be withdrawn through the said tube as described, a Ibulb attached to the said tube and in communication therewith, and a nipple attaei" ed tothe bulb and .pro-vided With a capillary opening extended thelength :ofthe Vsaid nipple, for the purpose specified;

2. The combination with a bottle provided with a cork or stopper having a hole or'opening extended through it,of a liquid measuring device consisting of a glass tube inserted through said opening to attach the device to ythe cork or stopper and terminating within the neck ofthe bottle to permi-t substantially the entire contents of the bottle to be removed with the said tube forming a liquid receiving chamber, and provided with an air inlet, substantially as described.

, In testimony whereof I have signed m y name to this specification in the presence ot two 'subscribing witnesses.

BURNl-IAM R. BENNER. Witnesses:

- J As. II. CHURCHILL,

J. MURPHY.

cork or stopper, so that the bottle may be enthrough the said tube, and a bulb integral 

